The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1887-04-14
A-egislative Notes.

Our record OF incidents and occurrences con-
nected with the Legislative session in last weeks
issue closed with the proceedings Of Wednesday,
the 9Th. On Thursday the Speaker of the House
announced the list of standing committees, and
the accumulated business of the previous days
was Appropriately referred to the several COM
mittees. Committees were appointed to inves-
tigate the various Offices of the departments of
the State government.
Papers in a case of contest for the seat Of Hon
J. VIM. Evan, OF Dade, in the House, were filed
on behalf Of Hon James Wood Davidson, con-
testant, he will be remembered as a prominent
member Of the Constitutional Convention Of
1885. The Committee on Privileges and Elec.
tons still have the matter under Amusement
In the Senate it was ordered that all bills con-
corning the establishment of Railroad Comms-
sion should be printed and referred to joint
special committee on the subject created by a
resolution Of Senator Stockton
A resolution of Senator Mann, providing for
the revival of the Senate committee of last ses-
sion to investigate and report the condition of
the work Of the Okeechobee Drainage Company
together with another resolution of Senator De-
lano, requesting information concerning the con-
tract Of the Board of Trustees of the Internal
Improvement Fund with the Drainage Com
pany, were introduced, laid over, and on coming
up again early in the present week were both
made special orders for Wednesday, the 18th
inst, at IL o'clock. These Okeechobee matters
are destined TO occupy large part OF the inter-
est and time of the present session. and it appa-
will hoI Ia tn hoE oh
entire transactions Of the Board with reference
TO the Disston sale and the Okeechobee drainage
matter that will not be discovered to the public,
80 that the people will be pretty sure to be fully
informed in the premises in such manner that
they will be amply able TO judge whether the
consequent action of those in authority is calcu-
lated to protect the interests of the State as
well as to do full justice to the Drainage Com
pany," to use the language Of certain amend
ments to the Mann resolution, offered by Sena-
tor Walker on yesterday, 0he 13th.)
Next in interest to the Senatorial contest aud
the Okeechobee Imatter. is the investigation of
the celebrated missing section" The commit
tee invited Mr. g. III. Jones to appear before
them and impart such information as he might
possess 10 the matter. Nobody supposed that he
would so appear ,land sure enough on Saturday
there came letter from him saying
that owing TO the sickness of
my brother" he could not possibly
attend, and that he could give no evidence based
on bis own knowledge beyond such as appears
from the official proceedings of the Consiitu.
tional Convention. Thus it will be seen that
the clustering announcement In the Iym<e- Union
OF December 10Th. that" at the proper time r"
Jones would "givc complete history of this
mysterious disappearance amounted to just
what the FLoRIDAN has SO frequently said it
would-just nothing at ALL Jones is again con.
victed, out OF his own mouth, of prevarication
and deliberate attempt to deceive the public
into a belief that some terrible offence had
been committed by the State Printer.
Senator McMurray's resolution of sympathy
with Ireland is one of the most eloquent docu.
ments that has been presented to either house
so far during the session.